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(WUSA) -- Cpl. Rickie Adey with Prince George's County Police is being charged with first degree assault, second degree assault and misconduct in office.

Adey was credited with helping to save half a dozen people for an apartment fire in District Heights earlier this month.

On August 4, 2011, at approximately 11:50 p.m., Adey responded to the 6900 block of Walker Mill Road in Capitol Heights for the sound of gunshots. He sawa large group of individuals running from the scene and confronted a 13-year-old who admitted he was attempting to elude police by attempting to climb over a six-foot-high fence. Adey pulled the teen from the fence and assaulted him. The teenager sustained minor injuries as a result of the alleged assault.

Corporal Adey is a ten-year veteran of the Department. He was suspended immediately after the Grand Jury's findings. A suspension hearing is scheduled for next week and Adey's pay status will be determined.